通过FeOx修饰Pd/Al2O3催化剂提高催化1,3-丁二烯加氢活性和选择性

石油脑裂解制备的烯烃流中通常含有 ～1％ 二烯烃或者炔烃,其含量必须降低到10 ppm以下以避免其对下游聚合催化剂的毒化作用.对这些副产物选择性加氢生成单烯烃是降低其含量最有前景的方法.Pd基催化剂具有高的加氢活性和选择性,是目前最为常用的加氢催化剂,但是它也存在高转化率下选择性较低和容易因积碳而失活的问题.合成Pd基双金属催化剂和对Pd催化剂进行氧化物包裹是目前最为常用的方法,但是这两种方法往往在提高选择性的同时,降低了Pd催化剂的加氢活性.本文利用原子层沉积(ALD)FeOx修饰Pd/Al2O3催化剂,在提高Pd催化剂选择性的同时,1,3-丁二烯选择性加氢活性也得到提高.表征结果发现,该样品中Pd负载量为1％,Fe负载量则随着原子层沉积FeOx周期增加而逐渐增加;催化剂中Pd颗粒大小约为7 nm,其表面并未观察到FeOx覆盖层;Pd,Fe元素分布表明FeOx在Pd颗粒表面生长.CO红外漫反射光谱也发现,随着ALD FeOx周期的增加,CO在Pd颗粒表面的吸附特征峰强度逐渐降低,表明FeOx逐渐覆盖Pd颗粒表面;与此同时,随着FeOx包裹周期的增加,CO吸附在Pd(111)面的特征吸收峰相对于其吸附在边角位的特征峰,降低得更为明显.这表明FeOx优先覆盖Pd(111)面,而选择性地将Pd低配位点暴露,与ALD Al2O3包裹Pd颗粒的结果恰恰相反.X射线光电子能谱分析表明,在所有催化剂中Fe均以+3价形式存在;同时,因为Pd-FeOx间存在强相互作用,所以随着FeOx包裹周期的增加,金属态Pd逐渐向高结合能方向移动,使表面Pd处于缺电子状态.随后,我们对不同FeOx周期包裹Pd催化剂进行了1,3-丁二烯加氢活性测试.在25 oC时Pd/Al2O3催化1,3-丁二烯转化率为6.7％;随着温度升高,转化率逐渐上升,至43 oC时达100％.相反,在26 oC时,30Fe/Pd/Al2O3对1,3-丁二烯的转化率为45％,远高于Pd/Al2O3催化剂;这可能是因为缺电子的Pd或Pd-FeOx界面存在所致.Pd/Al2O3催化剂在较低的转化率(<75％)下,1-丁烯、反式-2-丁烯和顺式-2-丁烯选择性分别为74％,20％和6％;随着转化率的增加(75％～90％),1-丁烯选择性急剧下降,丁烷选择性快速上升,反/顺-2-丁烯选择性也略有增加,表明此时次级反应1-丁烯加氢占主导,同时伴随着1-丁烯异构化反应;当转化率继续增加(>90％),1-丁烯,反/顺-2-丁烯加氢生成丁烷为主要反应,此时丁烷选择性急剧上升,至转化率为99％时,丁烯选择性仅为52％.而当Pd催化剂表面存在FeOx时,丁烯选择性随着FeOx周期增加而逐渐增加,尤其是在较高转化率下(>75％);对于30Fe/Pd/Al2O3催化剂,转化率为99％时,丁烯选择性高达95％.这主要是因为在高转化率下,FeOx将Pd颗粒表面分割成较小的Pd团簇,降低了Pd颗粒表面吸附氢气浓度,抑制了丁烯加氢反应,而次级反应1-丁烯异构化占主导,使得丁烯选择性不变.

Coating Pd/Al2O3 catalysts with FeOx enhances both activity and selectivity in 1,3-butadiene hydrogenation

Pd-based catalysts are widely used in hydrogenation reactions, and it is essential to improve the selectivity of these catalysts to give the desired products, especially at high conversions. However, improvements in selectivity have generally been achieved at the expense of catalytic activity. Here, we report that deposition of FeOx onto a Pd/Al2O3 catalyst using atomic layer deposition with pre-cise, near atomic control provides a remarkable improvement in both activity and butene selectivity in the selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene under mild conditions. Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy for CO chemisorption measurements illustrate that FeOx preferen-tially nucleates on Pd (111) facets and divides the Pd surface atoms into small ensembles. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements revealed that the Pd became electron deficient after FeOx deposition owing to the strong Pd–FeOx interaction. Our results suggest that a geometric effect, that is, the formation of small Pd ensembles, is the main contributor to the improvement in butene selectivity, whereas the enhancement in hydrogenation activity may be attributed to both electronic effects and the newly generated Pd–FeOx interface.